Browsing by Subject "subjective well-being"
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The evaluation of an equine–assisted therapy programme with a group of boys in a youth care facility
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)The goal of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of an equine-assisted therapy programme aimed at improving the psychological well-being of boys in a custodial school of industry. Participants were 39 boys who live in ... -
Happiness among first-year students at a comprehensive tertiary institution - an exploratory study
(University of Johannesburg, 2014)The 1970s saw a significant increase in the volume of research on individuals' subjective experience of well-being. The subjective well-being of university students has received less attention, however. Student well-being ... -
The influence of tourism on Soweto's residents' subjective well-being
(North-West University, 2019)Tourism is one of the world's most valuable industries and a very important tool for economic growth. However, once tourism development occurs in an area, it alters the physical landscape of the area and it has an influence ... -
A model of instrinsic and extrinsic motivations on subjective well–being: the experience of overnight visitors to a national park
(Springer, 2013)According to the Self-Determination Theory (SDT) (Deci and Ryan 1985), intrinsic and extrinsic motivations can be differentiated with levels along a continuum representing distinct self-regulatory styles for behavior. ... -
Psychological strengths and subjective well-being in South African white students
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)This study investigated the role of individual resources, notably self-efficacy, gratitude, and hope, in subjective well-being of white dormitory students at a historically white institution of higher learning. Using a ... -
Sen, subjective well-being and poverty in Namibia
(UNISA Press, 2015)The aim of this article is to analyse and describe the perceptions of poverty and subjective well-being as described by the “poor” in Namibia, using Amartya Sen’s multidimensional theoretical framework of Poverty ...